Archive for the 'Nuclear Proliferation' Category
From The Nation:
Myth 1. It’s a dangerous world. We face an array of serious national security threats that require an experienced Commander in Chief.
Myth 2. The surge has worked. To withdraw from Iraq now would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and embolden Islamic extremists.
Myth 3. We cannot allow Afghanistan to become a safe […]
Republican and Democrat Secretary of State seem to agree: talking to Iran is the only way to go:
Five former U.S. secretaries of state said on Monday the next American administration should talk to Iran, a foe President George W. Bush has generally shunned as part of an “axis of evil.”
Engaging Iran is important because Washington’s […]
Chilling… I don’t know how any American can possibly vote for John McCain after watching this:
It’s a shame americans don’t really get this kind of reporting, journalism and analysis from US media, written by a Syrian, Sami Moubayed:
One theory says that until the very last moment on March 20, 2003, Saddam Hussain thought he had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs); plenty of them. That is what his corrupted circle had […]
“Should the Democratic nominee win in November, President Bush will ‘do something.’ and should it be Mr. McCain who wins, he’ll ‘punt,’ and let Mr. McCain decide what to do.
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And now, a word from our allies:
A former US engineer, Ben-Ami Kadish is alleged to have given secrets involving information about nuclear weapons, fighter jets and missiles to Israel in the 1980s.
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I wonder if people will make as big of a deal of this as they did of Obama’s crazy pastor? This is crazier by many, many multiples. Worst part: the Republicans probably believe this - all of the following is copied and pasted folks:
Yesterday, hard-line conservative Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for […]
A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets.
Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI, listened into hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at the agency’s Washington field office.
She approached The Sunday Times last month […]
You think?
The U.S. military mistakenly shipped four fuses for nuclear missiles to Taiwan in 2006 and never caught the error, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, acknowledging an incident likely to rile China.
The military was supposed to ship helicopter batteries to Taiwan, but instead sent fuses used as part of the trigger mechanism on Minuteman missiles. […]
What’s interesting is that the Democrats and Republicans are running over very different stances about GWB’s legacy. Democrats say it was a disaster (it was); Republicans pretend to see it as America’s golden era, or do they believe it?
Who cares. Outsiders see it as a disaster:
Historians will argue over whether George W. Bush is the worst […]